The Price Of Duck Down Is Doubled And The Down Jacket Is Difficult To Escape.

P, it's so hot that it's cold. After a few months, you may have to pay a lot of money for the newly bought down and down quilts.

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< p > the sudden outbreak of avian flu has gone far, but it has blown up the price of the down and doubled its price in one month.

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< p > with the signal shortage of raw wool, all links in the industrial chain are affected by price changes.

In Xiaoshan, many down products enterprises in the national "down town" are on pins and needles. At the moment when the down season is in the peak season of production, the shortage of feather raw materials has brought about a sharp rise in production costs, giving European and American businessmen a sense of coolness.

Many consumers have quietly asked the question: will the down jacket and feather quilt be raised this winter? < /p >

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< p > Xiaoshan Xintang street has gathered hundreds of feather and down products and related products enterprises, basically exporting.

At the moment is the peak season for down products production, and businesses are worried about finding "Mao".

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Less than 20 years ago, Du Dasheng, executive vice president of Hangzhou Sanxing down products Co., Ltd., is the first time that he has encountered such a situation this year: doubling the down price in more than a month.

The increase began in the middle of April when poultry were culled on a large scale after the outbreak of avian flu.

At present, 100% of White Cashmere (raw wool) has increased from 300 thousand yuan / ton in early March to 600 thousand yuan / ton at the present time, and it has been washed up to 700 thousand yuan / ton in the middle of May.

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< p > "before the duck is all at a price, the two sides sign a purchase agreement, the actual selling price of eiderdown can only be lower than the agreement price, not higher than it, but this year broke the law."

Du Dasheng said that from the middle of April, the price of feather and down varies from day to day, and even the quotations from early, middle and late are not the same.

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The main business of < p > Samsung down is the export of feather bedding. The annual consumption of this down product is 1500 tons. At the same time, it is also a feather and down raw material supplier of many enterprises inside and outside the province, and the total demand for feather down is about 2000 tons.

"Now it's going to sell (down) and not buy (raw materials)."

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Less than P, the acquisition of feather down is mainly from domestic origin, and a small proportion comes from France, Canada and Thailand, but accounts for a very small proportion.

In China, raw materials used for making eiderdown mainly come from two sources: first, purchase from retail investors, and two from large farms and slaughterhouses.

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< p > "the quality of scattered duck feathers on the market is not stable, and the quantity is not large. We are bulk buying from some producing areas."

Du Dasheng said that the texture of raw materials varies from place to place, for example, Shandong is mainly white duck, and the three provinces in Northeast China are mainly geese. The main producing areas of grey ducks are Guangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing and so on.

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< p > April 27th, the China feather and down Industry Association published an open letter to the down industry dealers on its official website.

It is said that due to the spread of avian influenza, the raw material supply chain of down industry has broken down, and the down production enterprises have entered the "most difficult period".

This letter makes many down feather colleagues anxious, and let the industry usher in the most severe test.

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< p > the acquisition of raw wool from many down enterprises in Xiaoshan is located in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces. All of them are in the epidemic situation. Many enterprises have to go to non epidemic areas to purchase raw wool, such as northeast, Shandong and Guangdong provinces. After the outbreak of bird flu, almost no consumers in the Yangtze River Delta eat chicken and ducks, and the supply of plumage plummeted.

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< p > "in fact, the price is now grabbed."

Du Dasheng said, now the whole country is scrambling for goods, even the "cold" area northeast has become a "hot", no matter how much money the eiderdown, all acquisitions.

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< p > a "wool" is hard to find, and it has led to every feather and down enterprise to recruit and dismantle the recruit.

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< p > "if you do not stare at it, you will be bought by someone else."

The Samsung Corp team has 6 members and has recently been active in various production areas.

"Now it's a great favor to sell to you, the condition is also calculated by the other side, and it must be ready for cash."

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< p > < strong > the recovery of down production can not keep up with the order meeting: < /strong > /p >

Less than P, the down products counter of the major shopping malls in Hangzhou is the end of the down industry chain.

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< p > every summer, the down jacket business will promote the down jacket style of last year or more with a strength of 66% off.

But this year's anti season promotion is not enough.

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< p > "now the raw materials are expensive, and the down garments will definitely go up in the second half of this year."

The counter clerk said straightforwardly.

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< p > current market: the white feather eiderdown raw material of 100% is priced at 600 thousand yuan / ton, which is 300 yuan / Jin, but in the early March only 150~160 yuan / Jin, the production of a down jacket generally required 200 grams of down. Compared with last year, the cost of a down garment used at least 60 yuan.

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This effect can be amplified by pmitting p to terminal consumers.

"To put it simply, the cost has increased by 60 yuan, and it will cost at least 180 yuan to sell to consumers."

A down garment production company official said, at present, the industry recognized the price increase is 20%, if the brand awareness is high, this price will increase even more.

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< p > the down quilt is affected more, because the dosage is more.

"Generally, the feather down of a feather quilt is 10 times that of a down jacket."

Wang Guoda, chairman of the home textile Co., Ltd., said that the cost of feather and down was 70%, and the cost of other fabrics, accessories, labor and packaging accounted for 30%.

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< p > "every duck has very little velvet, and the belly's hair is genuine velvet."

Wang Guoda said that more than 100 duck is the only way to make the bed quilt.

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Less than P, the main product of the home textiles is the feather quilt, the specifications are about 1.25~1.5 kilograms, and a lot of feather down material is needed in a year.

We will soon usher in the peak season of production. They are also very anxious to face the high down prices.

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< p > "theoretically, doubling the price of the down, and doubling the cost of the down production in the second half of the year, but the actual selling price has not yet been finalized."

Wang Guoda said, on the one hand, last year's partial inventory of feather and down materials can absorb some costs. At the same time, we should take into account the acceptability of consumers, and the increase will not be too great.

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Less than P, June and July is the peak period for down jacket production, but this year's atmosphere is a bit special.

A down jacket agent Wei told reporters that last month he took part in a brand's down clothing ordering meeting in Hangzhou. This is a "special" order meeting. The display of more than 300 kinds of down garments is not marked, and agents can only look at orders.

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"P >, then the down production will not pick up. The view of feather and down industry is that the production of cashmere needs a cycle. The general breeding cycle takes about 40~50 days.

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< p > < strong > the price is too high to force the foreign merchant to change the order < /strong > /p >

< p > < strong > down quilt and chemical fiber quilt, the price difference is nearly ten times < /strong > < /p >.

On the two day of P, Samsung's down duty foreign trade manager is busy with American customers to confirm the order changes.

The other side is a large chain corporation in the United States, with 150 thousand orders per year.

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< p > the export price of an export feather quilt (down 75%) is about $80. This year, we have to face the fact that the raw material of the down material has nearly doubled, and the price of the down quilt has increased by at least 60%.

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< p > because it is an old customer, the two sides have communicated with each other many times, either raising the price or changing the list. The rate of increase is 20%~30%. Even so, the enterprise itself has to bear the cost of the other half.

After several communication, they chose to turn some of their down into chemical fibers.

The foreign trade manager said that the down price is too expensive compared with the cost of 20 yuan / kg of chemical fiber, and the terminal of the United States is unlikely to raise the price at will.

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"P", "this year's foreign trade down products are very sad, can do less or no loss is good."

Fan Xiaoming, general manager of Zhejiang Heng Di bedding, has similar problems.

When the company was founded in 2006, the company sold its down quilt, which sold 150 million yuan at that time. Now, this proportion has shrunk to less than 5%, and the momentum has been caught up by chemical fiber, which has something to do with consumption in Europe and America.

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< p > "now the list of duvet is too late to run."

Fan Xiaoming said that several large bills at hand had been signed before the outbreak of avian flu, and did not take account of the fast rising prices of raw materials.

"Now we are actively discussing with customers, reducing orders or changing orders, or converted to chemical fiber, the price difference between them is nearly ten times."

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"P", "thanks to it, I still try to overcome this difficulty."

The down industry is becoming more and more difficult.

Fan Xiaoming sighed more than once.

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< p > Xiaoshan has gathered more than 120 export down products enterprises, and the export of down and its products exceeds 30% of the whole country. Many enterprises are also feeling cold.

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< p > Tong Lanying, director of animal and plant Department of Xiaoshan inspection and Quarantine Bureau of Zhejiang, said that in the past three years, the export of down products has been continuously batted and the amount has declined. Among them, the international market continues to be depressed, the scale of poultry breeding is shrinking and the feather and down material continues to rise. The bird flu causes the cost of the down products to be greatly improved, and the export will be worse.

In the 1~5 months of this year, Xiaoshan exported 2946 batches of down bedding, down 4.3% from the same period last year.

This effect will continue: some enterprises' orders are signed before the outbreak of bird flu. The price and quantity have already been determined. The shortage of raw materials and the rising price will probably lead to the failure of the contract to fulfill. Even if the raw materials are purchased, it is likely that there will be a loss.

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